Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c25.s4.t2.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c25.s4.t2.2
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Zawar Mine area exhibits wide-ranging evidences for ancient mining and smelting of zinc ore, which we would present and discuss in the next chapter. Zawar has also yielded considerable evidence for the smelting of lead, in the form of at least sixteen deposits of slag, distributed along 13 km of the valley of the River Tiri, the main water course in the area. These slag deposits, containing several pieces of lead metal as smelting residues, are of two types: (a) glassy and (b) crystalline. Analyses are provided in Table 17.5.